GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dumbfound | to confound (see confound |
| depravity | a corrupt act or practice |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| acoustics | a science that deals with the production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound |
| epitome | a typical or ideal example : embodiment |
| menace | a show of intention to inflict harm : threat |
| imprudent | not prudent : lacking discretion, wisdom, or good judgment |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| devoid | being without a usual, typical, or expected attribute or accompaniment |